Logical Reasoning

PT6 · S2 · Q22 The trustees of the Avonbridge summer

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The trustees of the Avonbridge summer drama workshop have decided to offer scholarships to the top 10 percent of local applicants and the top 10 percent of nonlocal applicants as judged on the basis of a qualifying audition.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

22.

Which one of the following points out why the trustees’ plan might not be effective in achieving its goal?

  1. The best actors can also

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. Audition materials that produce good

    Trap

    14% picked this

  3. The top 10 percent of

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. Correct

    Some of the applicants who

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    72% picked this

  5. Dividing applicants into local and

    Trap

    3% picked this

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